Eccl.5.16

Ecclesiastes 5:16

KJV

And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind?

The Futility of Wealth

The Folly of Riches

Cross References

1 Corinthians 16:16

KJV

That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth.

Concluding Exhortations

Proverbs 11:29

KJV

He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart.

Dishonest Scales

Ecclesiastes 1:3

KJV

What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?

Everything Is Futile

Ecclesiastes 2:11

KJV

Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.

The Futility of Pleasure

Ecclesiastes 3:9

KJV

What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?